The Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has urged fellow legislators attending the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) to adapt new strategies that can help them match the challenges they face while doing their work.
The Speaker made the remarks on Thursday during the official opening of the Conference at the Commonwealth Resort, Munyonyo.
Kadaga said as legislators, they are the bridges between government and the people so they should always use their mandate to solve the problems that threaten the wellbeing of the parties they represent.
She revealed that challenges like climate change, individual and group terrorism, hunger and malnutrition, old and new disease epidemics; local and regional conflicts cut across boundaries and they threaten the present and future wellbeing of citizens.
“As Parliamentarians, we are the bridges between Government and the people. They, therefore, rely on us to speak for them and to plan for them a future that is better than the present and the past. This Conference theme awakens us as elected representatives of the people, to adapt, engage and evolve to match the challenges that we face,” said Kadaga.
“Our workshops, roundtable, TED talk and mentoring sessions will give us opportunity to reflect on how we tackle these problems. How do we maximize our core functions of representation, legislation, oversight and budget appropriation? Our mandate places us in the centre of finding solutions that work; and translating promises, strategies and laws into action.”
The Speaker also noted that the ongoing conference will also include a youth round table, that shall help to include young people in decision making and mentoring of future leaders of Commonwealth.
“They will discuss strategies to deal with youth unemployment, in addition to sharpening their debate skills and building networks with each other. Through all these deliberations, I urge us to share our key lessons and pick up the best practices to implement, for the good of our people, our nations and indeed our mother planet earth.”
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